Use and cost effectiveness of smoking-cessation services under four insurance plans in a health maintenance organization

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 673-679

  Curry, Susan J ^a,c   Grothaus, Louis C ^a   Mcafee, Tim ^b   Pabiniak, Chester ^a  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING CESSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0032480348     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199809033391006     Document Type: Article

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